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56 Walker back on market for almost twice the price
56 Walker Street The six-story building at 56 Walker Street in Tribeca has hit the market again for $22.5 million — a far cry from when the building was last on the market in 2012 for $11.9 million,...
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37 Rapid Realty agents get tattoos with firm logo
Rapid Realty agents show off their tattoos From the May issue: All real estate firms hope to establish brand loyalty. But a growing number of Rapid Realty brokers have taken that literally, getting...
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Greystone buys Williamsburg conversion for $16M
Renderings of 137-143 North 10th Street and Shay Zach Commercial lender and developer Greystone has acquired a half-completed condominium conversion in Williamsburg for $15.95 million from Brooklyn...
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JDS confirms 900-foot 57th St. tower, Shake Shack coming to Grand Central …...
Old Westbury Gardens in Old Westbury, N.Y. (Source: Flavorwire) 1. JDS confirms West 57th Street project will be 900 feet tall, making it Manhattan’s third tallest residential tower [Bloomberg News] 2....
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After long delay, demolition on the way for West Side development site
301 West 46th Street (Source: PropertyShark) Five years after it was slated for demolition, it appears that plans to tear down 301 West 46th Street may finally be underway, Vanishing New York reported,...
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Reborn into resale: Williamsburg brokers learn to cope outside the sales office
From left: Jennifer Johnsen of MNS, Ari Harkov of Halstead and a photo of the Edge and Northside Piers The wave of Williamsburg’s new development inventory has slowed to a small swell, with many...
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Homebuyers still in the dark about mortgages
An ad for mortgage services Homebuyers are still largely ignorant about mortgages, according to a new survey by real estate website Zillow cited by CNNMoney. In a survey of over 1,000 current and...
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Bill seeks to prevent discrimination of co-op applicants
City Councilman Lewis Fidler A bill before the City Council would require co-op board members to confirm in writing they did not discriminate against potential buyers and to act on all applications...
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Numbers to know: Politicians protest weekend subway work, Downtown rents...
Subway Tracks “Numbers to know” is a weekly web feature that catalogues the most notable, quirky and surprising real estate statistics. State Senator Daniel Squadron and others protest weekend work on...
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Morgan Lofts’ sponsors declare bankruptcy, paving way for sales by DelShah
From left: Michael Shah and Morgan Lofts A judge has approved Michael Shah’s bankruptcy plan for two retail condominiums at the Morgan Lofts development in Murray Hill, The Real Deal has learned. The...
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Ex-wife of Rolling Stone founder lists UWS pad for $18M
Jann Wenner and 37 West 70th Street (credit PropertyShark) The ex-wife of Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner is finally offloading her Upper West Side townhouse — more than a year after she decided to...
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Sitt Asset to pay $95M for two retail locations: sources
From left: Adelaide Polsinelli of Eastern Consolidated, 138 Spring Street and Jeff Fishman of RKF Midtown-based Sitt Asset Management has signed unrelated contracts worth more than $95 million to buy...
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Foreclosure settlement checks written for wrong amounts, architect Winka...
New York Public Library 1. Thousands of foreclosure settlement checks issued to homeowners written for the wrong amounts [NYT] 2. Architect Winka Dubbeldam sells 497 Greenwich for $1.95M [Curbed] 3....
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Day in the life of: Judi Desiderio
Judi Desiderio From the May issue: 5:00 a.m. My eyes open at 5 and I get out of bed at 5:30. I’m a morning person and hit the ground at level 10. 5:45 a.m. I make some French-press coffee: half decaf...
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U.S. foreclosures drop to lowest level since 2007
Daren Blomquist, RealtyTrac Foreclosures across the country dropped to their lowest level in April since 2007, just-released data from RealtyTrac shows. Last month, 144,790 properties had foreclosure...
View ArticleSerhant celebrates “MDLNY” premiere with Marquee New York fête: PHOTOS
Drinks flowed and Top 40 remixes blasted at a party hosted last night at Marquee New York by reality TV broker Ryan Serhant to mark the second season premiere of the show “Million Dollar Listing New...
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204 Wythe rentals will be way bigger than planned
204 Wythe rendering (Source: Curbed) New details are spilling out of 204 Wythe Avenue, a warehouse-cum-rental conversion being developed by Mack Real Estate Capital and Urban Development Partners,...
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Developer Guttman to build massive Long Island City art storage facility
Steven Guttman Art-collecting real estate developer Steven Guttman is combining two passions with a new facility he is building in Long Island City. His development, dubbed Uovo Fine Art Storage, after...
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Screen Actors Guild inks $50M lease deal at One Lincoln Plaza
One Lincoln Plaza and Mike Hodge The Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has inked a lease for almost 55,000 square feet of space at One Lincoln Plaza, where the...
View ArticleYou’ve come a long way, baby: PHOTOS
It’s a man’s world, and real estate is certainly no exception. But the Association of Real Estate Women’s 35th anniversary gala last night highlighted just how far women in New York City’s real estate...
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